[SOLVED] XFCE doesn't load properly / window manager stops working

dosensuppe · 02-25-2021, 12:23 PM

compositor doesn't load anymore and window manager doesn't respond to keystrokes at all, other parts of XFCE also don't get loaded anymore.

rolling back root using btrfs didn't anything - so it must have something to with the configuration in /home, I guess

I think installing qt5ct is what caused the issue. I did it because kvantum QT themes didn't apply anymore, although they did in a minimal window manager without qt5ct. https://14um.net/exciting-tips/linux...xfce-in-linux/

any idea how to troubleshoot this issue?

is there some log I can look at to find what is happening?

best regards

dosensuppe · 02-25-2021, 12:32 PM

Also I forgot to add the windows from the last session before the whole setup broke get started on startup.

I only managed to kill them through clicking on the exit menu in the program, keystrokes I set aren't recognized at all

mrmazda · 03-01-2021, 01:02 AM

Sometimes such things result in Plasma from cache corruption. Logging out of Plasma and deleting ~/.cache/ sometimes solves the issue. Maybe this would work for XFCE, possibly in conjunction with changing settings so that on logout all apps are closed, so that on next startup the desktop is void of open apps.

dosensuppe · 03-04-2021, 06:29 AM

thank you!
It worked.

dosensuppe · 03-04-2021, 08:04 AM

Now I only need to get those qt themes to apply

dosensuppe · 03-05-2021, 10:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dosensuppe

Now I only need to get those qt themes to apply

I solved it by adding

Code:

export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME="qt5ct"

in .xinitrc, as just putting it in .profile didn't do the job.

Also as mentioned by mrmazda, clearing the cache folder can solve such issues as I had described in the first post.